PURPOSE To analyse the demographic data, clinical characteristics, management and prognosis of patients with firework-related eye injuries. METHODS A retrospective review was performed of patients with eye injuries related to fireworks referred to TianJin Eye Hospital in North China from 2008 to 2013. Demographic information, clinical features, management and visual outcome were analysed and ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to evaluate risk factors associated with eyeball loss and ambulatory vision loss on emergent examination of patients with ocular trauma. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of 1,875 patients hospitalized in a single tertiary referral center between January 2003 and December 2007. Emergent examinations included a history of trauma, elapsed time be...

A 13 year-old boy crashed into a car while riding his bicycle and his right face and orbit were traumatized, then immediately globe extruded completely, his outward appearance was terrible when he was hospitalized, and the vision was NLP. Optic nerve, muscles, and all vessels and nerves were in severe stretching and the globe was at risk of ischemia and necrosis. I.V. corticosteroid, antibiotic...

Summary Background Ocular trauma is still a major cause leading to enucleation. This study aims analyze the visual outcome, epidemiology and risk factors of open globe injury (OGI) at University Hospital Aachen, Germany. Material methods A retrospective analysis patient records involving traumatic OGI treated surgically between 2005 2015 was conducted. Age, gender, accident, ocular score, best ...

BACKGROUND Open globe injuries (OGIs) account for 44% of the cost of ocular trauma within Australia. It is estimated that 90% of ocular trauma is preventable. However, there have been few epidemiological studies within Australia that have identified groups at risk of OGIs specifically. The aim of our study was to review the epidemiology of OGIs presenting to a tertiary referral eye hospital in ...